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Show ALATA BRIDGE, Constantinople, the most famous thoroughfare in the Turkish capital, now about to be deserted by the Sultan and his government. . j I " " FLAGS OF THE ALLIES FLY OVER SIX FORTS Bombardment of Turkish Strongholds, Alarm in Constantinople Spec al Cable by Amsgemeat With London Da 17 fe ectm.pb and International Nafta Service.) LON'DON Feb 28 British and French flags are now flvln0 from six forts in the Dardanelles according to an Ex change telegram dispatch from Athens Tho fers zed I -c e-rif bombaro ment of Thursday and Friday have all been Infested with landing parties and formally taken over The fleet continued a bombardment of the inner forts yesterday A powder magazine was blown up There were nu merous victims. The fleet had reached as far as the lighthouse near Fort Kil d Bahr Tho forts on tlie Luropean side have been silenced Mine sw eeping opera tions continue There are 50 000 Turks on the European side and 15 000 on the Asiatic side En er Pasha Marshal on der Goltz and a nun ber of German officers who visited some of the forts not yet captured, were ap palled by the extent of the damage The forts constructed bj General von Llman Sanders were so battered it is doubtful if it will be po sible to repair them. Their heavy guns have been completely destroyed. The Turks are preparing their last de fense on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmora. I,ew batteries have been manned and the approaches strewn with mines They are also making prepara Hons to blow up the famous Mosque of Omar Conditions in Constantinople grow steadily worse. Neither bread nor gra n can be had in the city All business is at a s andstill and the people are on tl e edBe of a revolutio The prophet s mantle and other relics and treasures 1 ave been remo ed to Brousou where the sul an s haren also has been sent. At 5'ocock this afternoon the attack lne ships had reached Caropphonia light1 house near Forts Ki id Bahr and Chanak Kaleb A L the forts on the European side of the straits up to that point have now been s lenced British and French flags are flying tonight over the entrance forts wl cl are occup ed by detacl ments from the fleet Th s is the first time in 1 i tory that a hostile flag has flown on the Dar danelles In the bombardment today the fleet was again led bj the Queen El zabeth the bat t e cru ser whose fifteen inch guns did such effective work in reduc ng the forti fications at the entrance to the straits It is said that the m ne sweepers have done swift and thorough work and have a read c eared away part of the chains of ev-plos es which begin at Kephex eleve miles from t e entrance and con tinue tl roug the narrowest part of t st aits to lagara roads w ere tl e Turk lsh fleet is supposed to be stationed The rate at wheh the demo 1 on of the forts as proceeded leads to the hope 'that the fleet wll win 1 s way into the Sea of Marmora with n two weeks If the feat Is accomplis ed in that t me the fa of Constant nople cannot be long delayed for the capital is Insecurely pro tected and It w U be easy fo the nips to bring about Its capitu ation |